metathesis
noun /məˈtæθəsɪs/
/məˈtæθəsɪs/
(plural metatheses
[uncountable] (linguistics) /məˈtæθəsiːz/
/məˈtæθəsiːz/
)- a change in the order of sounds or letters in a wordWord Originlate 16th cent.: from Greek, from metatithenai ‘transpose, change the position of’.